belly buttons

I used to think that if I ate too much, my belly button would pop into an outie! I do eat much sometimes, but I only got a stuffed belly.

Anon

I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views

anne

When I was three, my older sister told me that my belly button is what held my skin on. Then she frequently tried to "unbutton" me.

Karen

My mother had 5 children, including me. Since I knew that the belly button had something to do with birth, until I was, say, about 10 ys old I believed my mom had 5 belly buttons, one for each of her children. And it was not easy to see your mom naked in those times, so I kept believing it for a good while.

Nelson

When my niece was little, about 8 years old, I had her convinced that twins (I have an identical twin sister) did not have belly buttons. It took her about 5 years to learn the difference. I am a little bit over weight, and I had pulled the front of my pants down just far enough to where you would think a belly button should be.

buttonless

When I was little, I read part of a story in a book that led me to believe that at certain times, if you poked your bellybutton, you'd become invisible until you poked it again

Olly

when i was a kid my mom used to tell me that if we untied my belly button i would deflate like a balloon.

melly

I used to believe that men had sex through a woman’s belly button and somehow that’s how she got pregnant. As such I believed that it was part of a female’s private parts.

anon

I had an uncle that told me that we had belly buttons for putting salt in while we ate celery in bed.

ainmama2001

I used to believe that if you pierced your belly button it would fall off and the piercers would glue a fake one on. (Thats how you got an outie). When I got mine pierced I asked if they could somehow keep mine as an innie and they laughed at me. I was soooo embarassed as my friend who has an outie had hers pierced and I thought that was how it happened!

Jess

My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"

Anon

***I used to believe that if you dug deep enough into your belly button that there would be a secret compartment that had treasures in it.

C H R I S T E N

When I was 3, I asked my mom what "the hole in my tummy" came from. She said my belly button was a special hole I got when I was a baby, and it played a big role when you got older. According to her, "if dirt gets in it, and you leave it there, a big dirt monster will form inside your belly button."
So one day, I went to the beach. I wanted to get rid of the "dirt monster" in there, but my bathing suit was a 1 piece so I pulled it down and my mom got really embarrassed, because she didn't want people to see my chest. She said, "Honey, I don't want your privates showing." I replied, "Mommy, the sun will destroy the dirt monster!"

Somebody

My little sister who is now in her mid-twenties is not the brightest star in the sky. When we were in our early twenties I saw that she had some dirtyness in her belly button and asked her what it was and why it was so dirty. She said, " Oh that's just my umbilical cord." Apparently, she never washed out her belly button thinking that the nastiness was her umbilical cord. How gross is that?!

CMG

I came to believe after a few trips to the beach when I was little, that only little kids had outie belly buttons, and when you grew up, it would go in. I really freaked out when mine didn't go in after a few years, and my friends all had innie belly buttons!

Teresa

I used to think if we put our finger in our belly button we would explode... I was 13 when I found out it didn't really happen XD

RNK

My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!

little2ft

My mother told me "that's where the indian shot you". This must be a saying of sorts possibly from an old western.

Anon 2

I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever.

Anon

When I was little I loved to poke in my belly button until oneday my granny told me that if I keep playing around with it, it would come undone and I would fly around the room like a balloon that wasnt tied right. I still have a thing about people touching my button and when I think about someone touching it I get all squirmy.Thanks granny love you !

sue